The data tell a pretty strong story. Over the past 100 years, the sea level has increased an average of about 8 inches in Maine. The rate of that increase has gone up in recent years.

The last report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published in 2021, predicted 1 to 2 metres of sea level rise over many centuries if the rise in temperature was limited to ...

Even if the world sustains today’s level of warming, at 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.2 degrees Fahrenheit), it could still trigger rapid ice sheet retreat and catastrophic sea level rise, the ...

The city with the largest sea level rise was Grand Isle, Louisiana, which saw a rise of over 8 millimeters a year. However, the city itself is on a barrier island, meaning it is already ...

San Francisco, for example, is projected to see a rise between 1.1 and 2.7 feet by 2050, according to the California King Tides Project, and by 2100 could experience between 3.4 and 6.9 feet of ...

Credit: Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119526 Sea level on Earth has been rising and falling ever since there was water on the planet.

Abrupt sea level rise and Earth’s gradual pole shift reveal permanent hydrological regime changes in the 21st century. Science, 2025; 387 (6741): 1408 DOI: 10.1126/science.adq6529 ...

A collaborative push to address flood-prone areas of Isle of Palms and beach erosion on the back side of the island has seen SeamonWhiteside (SW+) pour their energies into recommending effective ...

More, bigger crevasses open up in Greenland ice sheet, threatening increased sea level rise Date: February 3, 2025 Source: University of Florida Summary: More crevasse activity could lead to ...

Wilmington has recorded seven inches of sea level rise since 2010, more than double the 2.7 inches seen from 1980 to 2009, according to NOAA. Along the North Carolina coast, NOAA predicts sea ...

Pensacola faced the highest sea level rise, at a rate of 3.709 millimeters a year. Fort Myers and St Petersburg, both along the Gulf Coast, were not much better, seeing rises of 3.706 millimeters.